Ethiopia slams UN Human Rights Council as being an instrument of “political pressure” after western countries urged the body to monitor alleged rights abuses in the country
The Human Rights Council is holding a largely virtual one-day session on the conflict between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region.
Ambassador Zenebe Kebede told the Geneva-based body on Friday that "the council is being used as an instrument of political pressure.” The European Union and other Western countries presented a draft resolution to the UN on Friday that would create a three-person team with a one-year mandate to monitor and report on alleged rights abuses in Ethiopia.
Several nations came to Ethiopia's defence, with Cameroon's ambassador Salomon Eheth insisting on behalf of African countries that the requested investigation would be "counterproductive and susceptible to exacerbating tensions".The Ethiopian ambassador said Ethiopia’s government had set up an “inter-ministerial task force” in response to the human rights report issued last month, and it has begun work.
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